Gun control and the U.S. law

Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:27 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:27 p.m.

Sen. Joe Manchin is attempting to resurrect his “gun control” legislation and is now stating gun shows and Internet sales will require a background check.

This is supposed to be the totality of the new bill.

Consider this:

1. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a firearm; what law did Mr. A violate?

2. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a knife; what law did Mr. A violate?

3. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a hatchet; what law did Mr. A violate?

4. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a hammer; what law did Mr. A violate?

5. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a chainsaw; what law did Mr. A violate?

6. Mr. A walks into Mr. B’s house and kills him with a piece of rope; what law did Mr. A violate?

OK, you get the idea.

The U.S. federal government does not have a law stating “murder” is against the law, per se.

From Wikipedia: “…. under U.S. federal law, murder is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Malice can be expressed (intent to kill) or implied. Implied malice is proven by acts that involve reckless indifference to human life or in a death that occurs during the commission of certain felonies (the felony murder rule). The exact terms of the felony murder vary tremendously from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Life sentencing for murder in the U.S. has a mean of 349 months (29 years one month) and a median of 480 months (40 years).”

In my opinion (and everyone has one), Sen. Joe Manchin and company are working on a solution to a symptom instead of working on a solution to the problem.

I suggest Sen. Manchin makes a law that states: Enforce current U.S. law.

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